Ministry of Defence

Shipbuilding: Cornwall

Lord Berkeley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing for the development of the maritime sector in respect of ship building or repair in Cornwall to service offshore or transport requirements.

Baroness Goldie: The refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy, to be published later this year, will set out how this Government will support the entire UK shipbuilding enterprise. The scope of this strategy has been broadened from the previous naval-focussed 2017 strategy, to set the conditions for success across the entire shipbuilding enterprise, including repair.

Shipbuilding

Lord Mountevans: To ask Her Majesty's Government when therefreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy will be published.

Baroness Goldie: The Refresh to the National Shipbuilding Strategy will be published later this year.

Cabinet Office

Ministers: Pay

Lord Jopling: To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the criteria they use in deciding which Government ministers receive a ministerial salary paid for by public funds.

Lord Jopling: To ask Her Majesty's Government what legislative steps they would need to take in order to extend the payment of a ministerial salary to all (1) Government ministers; and (2) all Parliamentary Private Secretaries.

Lord Jopling: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the Government, at each level of seniority, can be paid a ministerial salary.

Lord Jopling: To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many ministers are not in receipt of a ministerial salary from public funds, and (2) in which House they sit.

Lord True: The Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the organisation of the Executive. It is for the Prime Minister alone to advise the Sovereign on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative powers in relation to government, such as the appointment, dismissal and acceptance of resignation of other Ministers. The Ministerial and other Salaries Act (1975) sets limits on the numbers of salaries that can be paid, and for individual offices. As per the act, there are:Up to 21 salaries payable to the Cabinet, excluding the Lord Chancellor, available under Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the act1 salary payable to the Lord Chancellor as per Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the act,Up to 29 salaries payable under Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the act (non-Cabinet) at Minister of State level, assuming all 21 salaries in the Cabinet are used,3 salaries payable under Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the act for the Law Officers,Up to 33 salaries payable to Parliamentary Secretaries (other than the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) under Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the act, assuming all 50 Cabinet and Minister of State salaries are used,and 22 salaries payable to office holders other than Parliamentary Secretaries under Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the act Parliamentary Private Secretaries are not members of the Government and, therefore, are not paid as such. There are currently thirteen Ministers who do not receive a ministerial salary. Of these, three sit in the House of Commons and ten sit in the House of Lords.

Treasury

Uber: VAT

Lord McColl of Dulwich: To ask Her Majesty's Government when HMRC will start to collect VAT from Uber; and what assessment they have made of the amount of VAT to be collected.

Lord Agnew of Oulton: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not disclose details of the tax affairs of particular taxpayers.